Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28741, Elisha Gibbs, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. N.H.
Gibbs, Elisha
S. 28741
CONTENTS

Name N o 27.362
Elisha Gibbs
Enrolled in the State of Maine who was a private  sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Donat  Dodge of the Reg t commanded by Col. Doolittle in the campaign for
9 mos. & 8 dys. N. 26.
Enscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of April 1834 and Rev. P. Sprague
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. . . . 92.64 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep t . . . . 15.44 $ 108.08
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 1, Page 19
1882 June 26 Mrs A G Adams the Act of 1833 gives him a pension exhaustive the provision of all the laws passed since the organization of the Government
Date of death not on A.B.

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Providence R.I. May 25, 1882
Mrs. A. G. Adams
Req info rel to person of Elisha Gibbs Rev. War
Mrs. June 12/82,

R.I. Providence May 25 1882
Hon Third Auditor
Dear Sir
In 1875 I wrote to Hon H. Hamlin in regard to Revolutionary Pensions. At that time, I read in the papers. "Hon Hamlin presented the petition of Susie Baker and others,, asking a compensation for certain services rendered by their ancestors in the Revolutionary War.,,"
He replied. "That a class of Officers who served in the Army of the revolution, were promised that if they served during the war, they should at its close receive half pay during life. This was subsequently modified by placing all such Officers upon full pay for five years only.,,"

My Grandfather, Elisha Gibbs of Maine was a Private Soldier, and served during during the War. For some cause he did not receive his pension, till several years had elapsed. The law has again favored those, to whom we are indebted for our Country. Elisha Gibbs died at the age of 83 years, his Widow survived him two years and received the benefits of his pay. I cannot recall the partic- ulars but undoubtly it is all on record. Would this case, come under the head of "Back pay." or Paragraph 3,, "Leaving a balance of pension due and undrawn &c."
Yours Respectfully
Mrs A. G. Adams
No 12 Hopkin St
Prov R.I.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss.
Pinus acut ON this ninth day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared William L. Ladd before the William Ladd Judge of Probate of said State, Elisha Gibbs a resident of Forest in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775 with Captain Jones and served in Col. (Doolittle) regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Jones Capt - Doolittle
Col - that he went to Cambridge when the main Army then was commanded as he understood and believed by Genl Ward. He was at Cambridge at the time of the battle of Bunkerhill but was sick of a fever & in the hospital. He served out eight months the period of his enlistment & was voluntarily discharged. He then afterwards enlisted for 12 months to enable the 12 months men to go & return & was then voluntarily discharged. In 1776 he again enlisted for 3 months. Howe Capt - Sparhawk Col - Warren Genl and marched to New Jersey near Brant Branswick & served out the period of his enlistment & was then voluntarily discharged. In 1777 he again enlisted and went to Ticonderoga & served under Lt James Wilson in the Regiment of Col. Hale of New Hampshire M.F. for one 1/2 months & was then voluntarily discharged having served in all thirteen months. best of his service

ne interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers :
that he was born in Princetown, Mass, in the year 1753. When He presumes the means of his age to be in Rutland an adjoining town then being no census at that time in Princetown. His home at the period of his revolutionary service was in Princetown - He now resides in Foxcroft. He enlisted in the service, and in all instances was honorably discharged. He assures the deposition of Mr Anas & Mr Holmes. The certificate of his service from the May or of the Regiment. Jones which he has annexed. This certificate was not given till a year or two after the service was performed and was given me so that I might not be again liable to establish  as I was going to N Hampshire Town He has some pension papers & one certificate. He assures his proof of his service the deposition of Mr Thomas Anas and the certificate of Rev Mr Williams & Saml Chamberlain & James G Holmes Esq. He was stationed Cambridge then at Middle Hill - He remembers Gen Sullivan & Gen Washington
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Elisha Gibbs
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
William D Williamson Judge of Probate for the County of Somerset
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revo- lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
William D Williamson - Judge of Probate
Entered Capt Wrights 60 Haler Dep - 29 June 1777 declared 6th July - error 8 days

State of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas Williams who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Foxcroft and that James Holmes & Samuel Chamberlain who has also signed the same, is a resident of the Sauk Island and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William D. Williamson Judge as of record
State of Maine.
Lincoln ss.—I, Alexander Savage Esquire of Probate for the County of Lincoln hereby certify that the Henry D. Williamson before whom the within proceedings was had, is Judge of Probate of said State ; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Abigail Dyer for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this ninth day of October A. D. 1832
Alexander Savage

February 8, 1936.
Mrs. Melvin Leighton R. F. D. #7 Bangor, Maine.
BA-J/ILL Elisha Gibbs S. 28741
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Elisha Gibbs, who received a pension in 1832 while a resident of Foxcroft, Maine.
The data furnished herein regarding the above noted soldier are found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 28741, based upon his service in that war.
Elisha Gibbs was born in the year 1753 in Princeton, Massachusetts; the exact day of  of his birth, and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Princeton, Massachusetts, he enlisted in 1775 and served about nine and one half months as private in Captain Jones' company, Colonel Doolittle's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in December 1776, and served three months as private in Captain Howe's company, under Colonel Sparhawk. He enlisted in 1777, served one and one half months as private under Lieutenant James Wilson in Colonel Hale's New Hampshire regiment, engaged at Ticonderoga.
At the termination of said services, Elisha Gibbs went to New Hampshire to work; he did not state the name of the town or county in that state, in which he resided.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he resided in Foxcroft, Penobscot County, Maine. He made no reference to wife or children at the time he made

application for pension.
In 1882, Mrs. A. G. Adams who resided on Hoppin Street, in Providence, Rhode Island, stated that she was the granddaughter of Elisha Gibbs, the pensioner; she stated further that he died at the age of eighty-three years, and was survived by a widow, but she did not give the name of said widow, nor the names of any of the children of the soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Elisha Gibbs, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Elisha Gibbs Certificate #27362 Issued April 28, 1834 Rate $30.88 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7, 1832. Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

28 741 Rev INVALID.
1913 Apr. 28. Hist. to Mrs. W. A. Hillman. V. L. M. 1917 Apr. 7 Hist. to Maybelle G. Frickel 1926 Feb. 8. Hist. to Mrs. Melvin Leighton - 325.
File No. 28, 741
Elisha Gibbs
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Gibbs, Elisha Mass-N.H. S 28741

Princeton May 31 1777
This may certify to all persons whom it may concern that Elisha Gibbs of Princeton has done nine months Service in the present war
Ebenezer Jones major

1812
R No. 116
Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 16", 1882.
Respectfully referred to
The Commissioned of Pensions.
Letter of Mrs. H. Adams, relating to pension in the name of Elisha Gibbs of the Revolution. Writer advised.
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Am. G. Gage Actg Auditor.

I Samuel Chamberlain of Foxcroft in the County of Penobscot Esquire, testify and say, that I have been acquainted with Mr Elisha Gibbs fifteen years next preceding this date, & that I have ever understood since my acquaintance with him that he performed duty as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and it is generally believed here, so far as I am acquainted, that said Gibbs was a soldier in the said war. And I further testify and say that within four years last past I have seen a certificate, signed by the Mayor of the Militia of Princeton, Massachusetts for  the  said Gibbs, for which appeared to be a very ancient paper, in which the said Major certified (whose name I think was Ebenezer Dous) that said Gibbs had "done nine months service in the Revolution war." (and it is believed here that said Gibbs performed said service. Samuel Chamberlain H. P. H. 1832
Penobscot ss. July 30. 1832. Then the above named Samuel Chamberlain personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing petition. subscribed Before me Samuel H. Holmes Justice of the Peace.

I Thomas Williams a clergy man residing in the town of Grafton hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Mr Elisha Gibbs mentioned in the preceding certificate, (and believe him to be seventy nine years of age); that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, (and that I concur in that opinion.)
Thomas Williams
Pendleton July 30. 1832. This day the above named Thomas Williams personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing cer- tificate by him signed.
Before me James T. Holmes Justice of the Peace.
Plattsburg
I Alexander Savage Rev of Prot in here by certify that James Holmes is a Magistrate in the County of Pendleton & that the above is his genuine signature - In testimony of which I have this day affixed my name & the seal of said Court
Aug 8 1833
Alexander Savage

I James S. Holmes of Foxcroft in the County of Penobscot Esqr certify and say that in the winter of 1830, Mr Elisha Gibbs of Foxcroft, handed me some papers to be forwarded to our then Representative in Congress, as vouchers for his claims to a pension from Government for services performed by him in the Revolutionary war. Among which papers was one of very ancient appearance, signed, I think, by one Ebenezer Jones as Mayor of the Militia in Princeton, Massachusetts, in which said Jones certifies that said Gibbs had "done nine months service in the Revolutionary war." Said certificate was dated, to the best of my recollection, May or June 1777. In 1830 I sent that certificate by mail to Mr Butman, then the Representative from this district at Washington, requesting Mr Butman to use his influence to procure Mr Gibbs name to be entered upon the pension lists. This certificate was returned to me at the close of that Session of Congress and was forwarded to him again by me, at the succeeding Session, since which time I have no recollection of ever having seen it.
I have been acquainted with Mr Elisha Gibbs for about ten years last past, and have understood that he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and it is generally, and I think, universally, believed, when he is known in this region, that the said Gibbs was a soldier of the Revolution.
James S. Holmes
Penobscot ss. July 30. 1832. Then the above named James S. Holmes personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certification by him subscribed.
Before me - Caleb Rootes Justice of the Peace

I Alexander Savage Register of Probate hereby certify that Caleb Prentiss is a mayor alderman the county of Penobscot & that the within is his genuine signature. Interwoven w/ which I have affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this 8 day of August 1883
Alexander Savage

I Phineas Ames of Pownal in the County of Bennington depose and say, that, on the twelfth day of December A.D. 1876 Mr Elisha Gibbs (now of Topsham in the County of Bennington, State of Maine) marched with a Company commanded by a Captain Howe, from Rutland, Massachusetts, where Mr Gibbs myself enlisted, to Pskskill, New York where the Company was stationed about one month; then we marched to Morris- town New Jersey, where we were stationed a short time. The Com- pany then were marched to Boilingbrook New Jersey where we remained the rest of the winter. Mr Elisha Gibbs and myself were both members of the Company commanded by Captain Howe. we enlisted for three months in said Company and served that time. The Company were discharged on the twelfth day of March A.D. 1877 at Bowl- ingbrook, three hundred miles from home after the three months, the period of our enlistment, had expired. The Regiment to which Captain Howe's Company belonged was commanded by Colonel Sparhawk of the Brigade commanded by General Warner. Captain Howe belonged to Peterboro - Colonel Sparhawk belonged to Barre and General Warner to Harasick, Massachusetts. When we were discharged at Bowling brook, it was done verbally by the Captain; no written discharges were given at this time. I was then twenty four years old last October. Ph. Ames
Bennington Vt. August 6. 1882. Then Phineas Ames personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed.
Before me Samuel H. Jones Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that Phineas Ames is a man of truth & veracity J. S. H. Jones J. P.

I Alexander Savage Ref of Probate upon oath that James Holmes is a magistrate for the County of Pembrokeshire & that the within is his genuine signature in testimony of which I have affixed my name & the seal of said Court the 8th day
of August 1833
Alexander Savage
Francis Ames Official

Bangor, Maine
Jan. 29, 1936
Revolutionary War Records Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
In filling out application papers for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution I find that I do not know the names or anything about the children of my ancestor. Since he made application for a pension and his claim was allowed I think that you may be able to help me. I will tell you what I know about him in case there are others of the same name.
He was Elisha Gibbs, born in Princeton, Mass., Oct. 1, 1753 and married to Silence Harrington of Weston, Mass. May 30, 1779. He applied for pension Oct 9, 1832 his residence being Foxcroft, Maine, then in Penobscot County. He died in Foxcroft, Maine April 1, 1836. His war record was as follows: Capt. John Jones company, Col Ephraim Doolittle's reg't; receipt for advance pay for 1 month, signed by said Gibbs and others, dated Cambridge, July 1, 1775; also private same Co. and reg't. muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 27, 1775

service, 3 months, 12 days; also, company return dated, camp at Winter Hill, Oct 6, 1775 (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors Vol. 6, Page 381)
The only child of whom I know is Hannah Gibbs, wife of Thomas Mansfield; of course there must have been others. I hope you will be able to help me.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Melvin Leighton (Bangor, Maine R.D. #7)

Pension Department. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir.
Reask What information can you give me of Elisha Gibbs born in 1753 probably in Mass. and may resided in said state from 1780 - 1783. He was a Revolut- ionary soldier and in what capacity did he serve? Anything concerning his life will be very accept- able to me, as I am.

applying for member- ship into D. A. R. enclosed find stamped envelopes, no inc. Enc
Respectfully,
Maybelle Gibbs Fickal Hastings, Iowa.

Foxcroft, Maine, April 18, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I am a descendant of Elisha Gibbs who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. According to Senate Doc. 514, 1st session 23d Congress, he was a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832, and was then living in Penobscot County, Maine. Will you please send me ^ his record as it appears on the pension rolls.
Respectfully,
Mrs W. A. Hillman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Y.L. 28741
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elisha Gible a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 9 1/2 mos. Pat. Jones Doolittle Mass.   Dec. 12, 1776 3 mos. Horne Sparkman   1777 1 1/2 mos. Lt James Wilson Hale N.H.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, Oct 9 1890 The cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Forest, Penobscot Co. Me. Age at date of application, b. at Penobscot Mass. in Dec 1753.
Remarks: ✓
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.